Deputy President William Ruto has urged women organisations to embrace new technology to improve service provision.
Mr Ruto said knowledge and skills in technology would ensure efficiency and increase productivity.
Speaking during the launch of Joyful Women Organisation (Joywo) Panguza Programme, a joint initiative with Intel Corporation, Ruto said the country would prosper through science and technology.
The Panguza Programme aims at training Joywo women to be technology-savvy.
"Unless we embrace technology, we will not achieve our development targets especially now that the world is becoming a global village," said Ruto.
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The DP said the Government was giving priority to issues of technology to accelerate development, citing the laptop project being rolled out in primary schools across the country.
"Our focus is now on technology. It is better to understand technology so as to be sure of where we are going in the future," he said during the function held at his Karen official residence on Monday.
Present were Information, Communication and Technology CS Joe Mucheru, National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale, Mrs Rachel Ruto, the Joywo patron and Intel General Manager, East Africa, Danie Steyn.
Ruto said more than 50 per cent of jobs in the public service currently require some level of knowledge in technology noting that in the next few years the situation will be different.
"It is now a good sign that service delivery has improved in most government departments, thanks to technology," he said.
Mr Duale lauded the role played by Joywo in addressing challenges facing women through provision of credit facility. Mr Steyn said the corporation will help women access the basic knowledge in technology.
Also present were MP Sabina Chege, PSs Belio Kipsang (Education), Victor Kyalo (ICT) and Sammy Itemere (Broadcast and Telecommunication).
